Coming to a grocer near you. AI and purchase of your groceries

9 May 2026

AI has been part of the grocery system for some time. Think advanced self-service checkouts and hand-held scanners. What’s coming to a supermarket near you over the next twelve months is cutting edge – AI used for a revolutionary change in shopping.

In January, Woolworths said they were partnering with Google’s AI tool Gemini to upgrade the supermarket’s existing chatbot Olive to become an AI-powered “supermarket companion” capable of planning meals.

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Paul van Reyk
My first essay on food was in Year 10 - people seemed to like it. It took me 56 years to come back to it, so I have a lot of catching up to do. My focus is on Anglo-Saxon settler culinary ways in Australia, roughly from the first days of colonisation to the 1960s - 1970s. I particularly write about stuff that has not been written about before but is very much a part of the Anglo-Saxon Australian table. I hope you enjoy reading as much as I do writing.